Colour

#55757D

#55757D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#55757D is a cyan with RGB values 85, 117, 125 and HSL 192°, 19%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#55757D

RGBrgb(85, 117, 125)

RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4588, 0.4902

RGB percentages33.3%, 45.9%, 49%

HSLhsl(192, 19%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192, 32%, 49%)

CMYK32%, 6.4%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,600,637

CSS custom property--colour: #55757D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1

Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#AA8A82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F737Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#686E7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#477877no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.7 Dim grey · ΔE 12.7 Gray · ΔE 13.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7D5D55

Analogous#557D71, #55617D

Triadic#7D5575, #757D55

Split complementary#7D5561, #7D7155

Tetradic#71557D, #7D5D55, #617D55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C6D4D8

Lighter +30%#A7BEC3

Lighter +20%#89A7AF

Lighter +10%#6B919A

Darker −10%#40595F

Darker −20%#2C3C40

Darker −30%#172022

Darker −40%#020304

More saturated +25%#3B8597

Less saturated −25%#696969

Channel breakdown

R85

G117

B125

Red85 (33.3%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue125 (49%)

Hue192°

Saturation (HSL)19.05%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 55 · G 75 · B 7D

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Colour values

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